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:angel::angel: Completely sounds like what happened to me, except i did not allow the maxillofacial dr. to pull my 4 wisdom teeth.....he didn't even diagnose me with tmj....he just looked at the pan xray and mri and said, "You need all 4 of your wisdom teeth pulled". I am sooooo glad my "gut" said, "no"...it was the Holy Spirit....i can only imagine how much worse... (7 replies)

... I will be eating something hard to chew like dried fruit, beef gerkey, or chewy candy. and my temples well suddenly swell really quickly to the point I MUST stop chewing or it feels like they may pop. ... (8 replies)

... I also have hallowed temples. They have come back a little but still have an indentation. The joints originally were swollen. Then when taking anti inflammatories and eating soft foods, my muscles atrophied also. I am not worried about my temples as much because I know it is mostly muscle and I just hide it with my hair :) My cheek however looks like someone took their... (8 replies)

... ain words. OR it could be muscular, tounge just might be reacting slower than normal. My biggest worry with my tmd right now is how much my face has changed. My temples are sunken in and my cheek bones are very pronounced, not swollen but bone is visible. Scary when your appearance starts to change. I agree with you TMJ sucks. ... (6 replies)

... ly helps anything. It's obvious I have TMJ disorder, if I chew on the right side of my mouth, my jaw pops with every bite.. and I wake up with canker sores and a swollen tongue constantly because while I'm falling asleep I'll clench my teeth on my cheek or side of my tongue. ... (7 replies)

... Hi,
The other day I chipped one of my front teeth, although I hadn't knocked it in any way! I made an emergency dental appointment and my dentist stated that it was damage caused by teeth grinding. I have never been aware of grinding my teeth before and nobody has ever made comment about me doing it at night. My dentist told me that it was due to my bite and as it wasn't... (3 replies)

... hey im 14 and I have been having these symptoms for a while now, I'll have them for a couple weeks and then they will go away for a week or two and come back again.
-All these symptoms i get on both sides, but the right side much more
-the area directly under my ear/jaw will get swollen and hard/stiff and is very sore and sensitive to the touch
-my ear gets very sore... (2 replies)

... I can surely sympathize with all of you. My story starts a year ago, I had minor ear pain w/no infection. ENT found nothing/MRI Brain - negative. In the following months I just got worse and worse with no real treatment or explanation. I had every symptom imaginable, ear pain, headaches, pain behind my eyes, bloodshot eyes, misshaped eyelid, drooping eyelid, spasms in my... (3 replies)

... I wake up everymorning feeling like I was hit by a truck, tired, jaw tightness, fullness and soreness in ears, swollen eye lids, pain in head around temples, lightheaded.. And on top of it all I have anxiety which I bet is no Big surprise. ... (2 replies)

... I wake up everymorning feeling like I was hit by a truck, tired, jaw tightness, fullness and soreness in ears, swollen eye lids, pain in head around temples, lightheaded.. And on top of it all I have anxiety which I bet is no Big surprise. ... (11 replies)

... I wake up everymorning feeling like I was hit by a truck, tired, jaw tightness, fullness and soreness in ears, swollen eye lids, pain in head around temples, lightheaded.. And on top of it all I have anxiety which I bet is no Big surprise. ... (11 replies)

... Thought I'ld share the advice of my PT who I saw today. I'm having a major flare up, the pain is going from the back of my neck down my back, my temples are killing and I'm having trouble sleeping because of all this. ... (6 replies)

... It feels like the whole right side of my head is swollen, the side my symptoms usually occur on. Is a TMJ headache in the temples and right above the temples. Sometimes feels tight, sometimes feels like a muscle contraction, or even a sinus headache? ... (2 replies)

... i've been trying to figure out what i have....for the past week, i've had these horrible headaches that can last all day or at least on and off all day. i had a swollen lymph node under my left jaw closer to my chin than to my ear that was tender to the touch but that has now gone down and isn't as tender. ... (11 replies)

... After reading all hpeb has had to say regarding TMJD I'm thinking that I also suffer from it.
I've always had problems with grinding my teeth at night. And I catch myself clenching my jaws a few times during the day.
Two days ago I noticed that the right side of my face hurt to touch, Right in front of the bottom part of my ear. It feels swollen and there is a kind of... (4 replies)